Regulation and standards
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This protocol governs the way a solictor should handle Ancillary Relief cases - particularly the way they should act in the early stages of a case. For example it states that solicitors have a duty to make sure that the costs of your case are not disproportionate to the financial value of the subject matter of the dispute.
Guidance for barristers published by the Bar Council regarding evidence that has or may have been obtained illegally.
This is good-practice guidance prepared by Resolution for the use of solicitors dealing with self-reppers and gives an idea of what one should expect from the average lawyer. Unfortunately it is neither Law nor enforceable.
